Butler; maintained home in the old depot of the Southern railroad; relocated to Waynesville, Haywood County, NC

R.D. – 63 (1879)

Lena (wife) – 56 (1886)

Son (unnamed) – Waynesville, NC

Son (unnamed) – owner of the old depot and allowed his father to look after the property

Berry, G. P.

Butler; Community: District I, Piercetown; County: Carter; right before the county line to Johnson County and the Cobb Creek community; did not have to move and was only mildly affected by a bridge adjustment near his property

G. P. – 55 (1887)

plant worker

farmer – tobacco main cash crop

Dona (wife) – 50 (1892)

Norma (daughter) – 21 (1921)

Fannie (daughter) – 19 (1923)

W. P. (son) – 13 (1929)

Fred (son) – 11 (1931)

Billy (son) – 2 (1940)

Berry, Griffin

Griffin

Laborer

Fred

W. P.

Berry, Harold

Butler, Route 3; Community: Piercetown; County: Carter; purchased property in Carter County, 23 acres in what was known as Morrell farm and built a home on land

Harold – 34 (1908)

textile worker

son of James and Viole (Combs) Berry

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletcher (sister and brother-in-law)

R. G. Berry (half brother)

Emma Oliver (sister) – widowed and lives with their mother Vicie

Clarence Berry (nephew)

(the above named relatives live in the vicinity as well as have been surveyed)

Bessie (wife) – 35 (1907)

formerly Bessie Buckles from Stony Creek

Kenneth (son) – 11 (1931)

Lilly (daughter) – 2 (1940)

family attends church at Fish Springs

Berry, James Clarence (Berry, Harold family)

Butler; relocated to 36 acres he bought from Will Elliott, Lynn Valley, Carter County

daughter of Mack White who runs the store at Fish Springs and Cora Pierce

Jean (daughter) – 7 (1935)

Gary (son) – 1 (1941)

The family attended Fish Springs Baptist Church

Bowman, Anna ***

Butler Village, Johnstown section; relocated to Carderview

Anna – 50 (1892)

widowed for 5 years (as of date of survey)

formerly Anna Moody

Bowman, Dave

Butler; farm is outside city limits but is considered to be in the Upper Watauga community: Rowe House Moving Firm moved the Jimmie McQueen houseabove contour for Mr. Bowman to continue to farm at the location

Butler; Community: Roan Creek; County: Johnson; lived down from R. S. Grindstaff’s Store in the Midway Community section; bought 20 acres from R. H. Goodwin at Doeville in Johnson County

Tom – 56 (1886)

Mollie (wife) – 57 (1885)

Dennis (son) – 20 (1922)

Beatrice (daughter)

Georgia (daughter) – 16 (1926)

name unrecognizable (son) – 18 (1924)

Earnest (son) – 16 (1926)

Junior (son) – 12 (1930)

Doran (son) – 24 (1918)

Martha (mother) – 76 (1866)

Bowling, Landon

Butler; moved to Cincinnati in 1943; the children have married and moved out. Mr. Bowling returned and was living in Elizabethton at the Southern Hotel

Landon – 52 (1890)

native of Bristol; wife was also native but is passed and buried at the Holstonreservation area

1910-1940 – locomotive engineer

1940-1942 – warehouse manager

Margaret (daughter) – 26 (1916)

Mearry (daughter) – 18 (1924)

(lived in Bristol)

Edwin (son) – 15 (1927)

lived in Bristol

Bradley, Cyrus ***

Butler; relocated to Carter County and indications shows he is living with one of his children

Cyrus – 80 (1862)

wife had passed a few weeks before the survey

Bradley, Ketha

Ketha

laborer

Jack

Bradley, Wylie

Wylie

farmer

Rosalie (daughter)

Bristol, Jack (incomplete survey papers)

Elk Mills; relocated to stay with relatives with a Hampton address

Jack – passed away a few months before survey

Mrs. Bristol (no first name given)

Brown, Ree ***

Butler; Community: Eastman-Farthington

Ree – 31 (1911)

farmer

self employed as a trucker to help haul for people in area

Mrs. Ree (wife-no first name given) – 31 (1911)

teacher

Broyles, Albert

Butler; Community: District I; County: Carter

Albert – 55 (1887)

Ruby (wife) – 30 (1912)

Betty (daughter) – 4 (1938)

A. (son) – 2 (1940)

Broyles, Victor

Butler; Community: Piercetown; County: Carter; near Cobb Creek School; moved their dwelling intact above the contour of their land which is next to the Carderviewdevelopment

Victor – 37 (1905)

1941-1942 – mechanic at hosiery mill

Wanda (wife) – 36 (1906)

Ethel (daughter) – 13 (1929)

Corine (daughter) – 9 (1933)

Evelyn (daughter) – 11 (1931)

Ralph (son) – 7 (1935)

Earl (son) – 2 (1940)

Buckles, Callie

Butler; Community: District I (Piercetown); County: Carter; up from the saw mill site; family not paying rent, but assuming the role of caretaker for the old Morley home place; relocated to vicinity of Stony Creek

Butler; Community: Gregg; County: Johnson; above Sugar Grove Church; rented from Haggard Wagner; relocated to Jefferson County with mother-in-law for summer of 1948; relocated again on Labor Day to Johnson County in the community of Dry Run at the edge of the reservoir

Alex – 67 (1875)

previously married with children

Mary (wife) – 39 (1903)

one child born to the couple passed in its infancy in 1941

Bunton, Sam

Elk Mills

Sam

farmer

Minnie

Bunton, Scott

Gregg

farmer

Buntop, Andy

Gregg

Andy

laborer

Arvis

Burton, Ella

Butler; Community: Butler; County: Johnson; relocation to Carderview

Ella – 43 (1899)

Widowed for several years, had a large family

Lois (daughter) – Butler Academy

Burton, Scott ***

Butler; Community: Cowanstown; County: Johnson; built a new house above contour and moved his barn, granary and small out buildings intact

Scott – 60 (1882)

Rebecca (wife) – 62 (1880)

Dave (daughter) – 24 (1918)

(note: this is the name given)

Elisa (mother in law) – 80 (1860)

? (unreadable) (granddaughter) – 3 (1939)

Butler, Donnelly ***

Butler; Community: Butler; County: Johnson; bought a house and a lot from Joe Blackford in Mountain City

Please note: The information below is from the Russ Calhoun Collection located at the Archives of Appalachia. The rights were transferred from Russ Calhoun to the Archives in 1994. These are public records that are already available through the Atlanta Branch of the National Archives.

The names below are those families that were surveyed by the TVA in preparation for the clearing out of the land in what is now known as “Old Butler”, which is now located under water. Information includes family names, where they lived before they relocated, their family members, ages (and year of birth give it or take 1 year; please note: surveys were taken in 1942 when the ages were recorded), where they located, and other information that may help in gaining more information for family genologists.

Note bold, italics, and underlined as follows:

Family name by head of household as mentioned in survey (note, if another bold name is in the family information, the information for the extra bolded name is also included in the survey)

Butler Village (short duration, formerly of Johnson City; home belonged to Mrs. Reece

Aria – 69 (1873)

G. S. Allen (late husband)

Anderson, Clyde A. ***

Butler, Community: Cowanstown, County: Johnson; Cowanstown is an old neighborhood in the Upper Watauga community; bean becoming cash crop); Bought 8 ½ acres on Stony Creek in Carter County and moved there 7/29/48

Clyde A. – 41 (1901)

Farmer (side line work)

Georgia – 37 (1905)

Anderson, J. Rod

2nd house on Cowanstown Rd after crossing steel bridge at Gregg Station(Gregg in Upper Watauga community, named derived from a family of the same name; Gregg School serves elementary; older children transported to Butler; Charles Culver General Store; Mr. Dugger – mail carrier); Moved to Chattanooga, TN

Rod – 55 (1887)

Vicky – 54 (1888)

Both Andersons (J. Rod and wife) spent most of their time in Chattanooga and had a hired hand to take care of their farm